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No. 252,411; Patented Jan. 17,1882.

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. combination, with the seat havinga hinged wheels, 0 the side bars or springs, D the hotly,

'and E the seat, of an ordinary buggy.

UNIT D STATES P TE T OFFICE.

W LLIAM r. ANGUS, OF SYDNEY, NEW sqora WALEs, AUSTRALIA.

ADJUSTABLE BU GGY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,411, dated January 17, 1882. Application filed December 5, 188i. (X0 motkal Patented in Australia September .20, 1879. i

which my improvementhas been applied,part' being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation ofa part, of the same. Fig 3 is an end view ofthe forward seat back, showing one ofits holdingsprings. Fig.4 isa sectional plan view of a part of the seat, showing a spring for holding the forward seat back. Fig. 5 isa perspective view of a'supporting iron or bracket.

The object of this invention is to construct buggiesin such amanner'that they can be readily adjusted as a single-seatetil vehicle or a twoseated vehicle.

The invention consists in the combination, with the seat and its hinged back, of curved sliding rods and their brackets, whereby the hinged back will be supported when turned down into ahorizontal position; also, in the back and its supporting-brackets having arms, of asecond hinged back having spring-latches, whereby the said second litck will be supported when raised into avertical position; and, also, in thecombination, with the buggy-body and the hinged end-board, ofthe hinged extension-board, and the curved supporting-bars and their standards, whereby the said hinged boards will'be supported when turned down to. serve as afoot-board, as will be hereinafter full y described.

A represents the forward wheels, B the rear The back F ofthe seat E is hinged at its lower edge to the rear edge of the bottom of the said seat, so that the said back F can be turned down into a horizontal position, as

' shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in 'fulliines in Fig. 2.

To the ends of the back F are attached the rear ends of curved rods G, which pass through eyes formed in the upper ends of standards or brackets H, attached to the ends of the seat E.

The forward ends of the curved rods G are provided with beads or nuts I tostrikeagainst the eyes of the standards or bracketsH and limit the downward movement of the back F, and supportthe said back when in ahorizontal position. The lower parts ot' the brackets H are made in angular form to fit against the ends and bottom of the seat E, and serve as braces to strengthen the seat ends.

The back F is held in place, when raised, by

sp'ring-laches J, attachedto the ends of the math], and which engage with the ends of the back F, or with catches attached to the ends of the said back. With this construction the back F, when turned down into a. horizontal position, serves as a second seat. i

To the rear edge of the bottom of the seat E is hinged a second back, K, which, when only one seat is required,is turned down forward upon the bottom of the seat E, and is covered by the cushion L, the top bar of the said back K resting in a recess or opening, M, in" the for- 7 ward part of the seat-bottom. i

i The back K, when raised into a vertical position for use, rests against arms 1N, formed upon the brackets H, and is held in place by springlatches 0, attached to it, and which engage with the ends of the arms N. The ends ofthe arms N are beveled, and the end parts of the spring-latches Q are inclined, so that the sad latches will engage with the said arms automatically' when the back K is raised into a vertical position. With this construction the back K serves as aback to both seats when two seats are used. The rear end-board, P,of the body D is hinged at its lower edge to the rear edge of the bottom of the said body D,

hinged the rear ends of the bars R,whioh slide through eyes in the upper ends of the standards S, attached to the sides of the body D at 10::

a little distance from their'rear ends.

The forward ends of the bars B have shoulders or heads formed upon or attached to them to strike against the standards S and support folded beneath the seat E.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a buggy, the combination, with the i sent E and its hinged back F, ot'the curved rods G and the brackets H, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said back When the boards P Q are to be lowered the boot-leather U'is rolled up or" will be supported when turned down into a horizontal position, as set forth. I

2. In a buggy, the combination, with the seat E, having a hinged back, F, and the brackets H, having arms N, of the second hinged back, K, having spring-latch es 0, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said second back will be supported when raisedinto a vertical position, as set forth.

8. In a buggy, the combination, with the body D and the hinged end-board P, of the hinged extension-board Q, the curved bars R, and the standards S, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said hinged boards will be supported when turned down to serve as a foot-board, as set forth.

WILLIAM T. ANGUS.

Witnessesi JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWICK. 

